Dolphins hold player safety clinic prior to high school spring practices

The Dolphins held a clinic at their facility Tuesday. (Miami Dolphins)

As part of their community involvement, the Dolphins held a wide-ranging safety seminar for 49 high school football coaches from Palm Beach, Broward and Dade Counties in advance of spring practices.

The team worked with USA Football and had special instructors on hand to cover concussions, heart issues, proper equipment usage, how to handle the heat in South Florida and shoulder tackling techniques. Dolphins officials Twan Russell and Troy Drayton also helped lead the training.

“I think that not only does it allow us to put our kids in better situations of not being injured, but it also puts all of the coaches on the same page,” Coral Gables coach Tim Neal said in a press release from the team. “It unites us in a way where we understand as far as what’s right and the right way of doing things.”

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Jason Lieser has covered sports in Chicago, New Orleans and now South Florida

Joe Schad is a sports reporter for The Palm Beach Post who covers the Miami Dolphins. He previous covered sports for ESPN, the Orlando Sentinel and Newsday.

After 19 years as a sports writer, copy editor and assistant sports editor at The Miami Herald, Hal Habib joined The Palm Beach Post's sports department in 1998. Areas of coverage range from the Olympics, Kentucky Derby and Super Bowl to local sports.